Fluffy Sunday Morning Pancakes

As soon as the mercury dips I deem it as the best excuse to eat lots & lots of fluffy pancakes. We have to prepare for winter hibernation after all. I’ve posted about the ways that I achieve fluffy pancakes here & have written about delicious pumpkin pancakes here. However, it’s dawned on me that I’ve never given you my basic & perfect sunday morning fluffy pancake recipe even though I’ve been known to spam your instagram feeds with my stacks of pancakes on any given sunday morning.

Today is the day I’ve giving it to you here on the blog! I look forward to seeing your fluffy stacks so be sure to tag me (@mrshoh or #heatheromade) so I can peep your work.

Disclaimer: Yes, these pancakes will take longer to prepare than just adding water to a mix but they will taste that much better. They are made with simple & very real ingredients that you can find at any grocery store &/or probably already have on hand.

Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Toasted Almonds

Growing up my mom would always make a ‘special Easter breakfast’ that usually consisted of strawberries & cream. It was super simple but rich & memorable & we loved it. Now that Easter is almost here I think these pancakes with bananas, chocolate chips & toasted almonds would make for a memorable tradition or you can make them on any weekend morning that you want to make special.

What do you make on Easter morning? Is it something traditional or something new each year?

Apple Dutch Baby

I love pancakes, I do. They do take some time to make as you have to make one individually. If you don't have that time to make a dozen pancakes when you're serving guests or more than two people I suggest a dutch baby pancake. It's basically a giant pancake you bake in the oven & then cut up like a pie to serve. So with the time you save flipping your cakes you can get your kitchen clean (because you really don't need to dirty that many dishes to make a dutch baby) & you can actually relax after brunch.

Have you made a dutch baby? What do you put in yours?

Better Home Cooking Basics: #44 Reheat Pancakes in the Toaster & then 30 Seconds in the Microwave.

If you've ever made too many pancakes (like I did on Saturday), this tip is for you. I don't like to throw food out & find leftovers are a great time saver but sometimes when you're reheating them in the oven they get dried out or get too mushy in the microwave.

To reheat pancakes I've found that the best balance for reheating them is a combo of using the toaster (hopefully your pancakes aren't larger than a piece of bread & if they are cut them in half & work in batches) & then microwaving them for 30 seconds. That way they still have a slightly crispy outside but the inside is still moist.

Get more of my better home cooking basics here.

Perfectly Fluffy Pumpkin Spiced Pancakes

This weekend the idea was to carb load so Chris could prepare for the Grete’s Great Gallop Sloan Kettering Half Marathon.  Even though I wasn’t running in the half marathon (I was a great cheerleader instead) I’ve never been one to say no to carbs. So we started our rainy Saturday with pumpkin pancakes. I’m not a huge fan of drinking sweet coffees (sorry for the buzzkill pumpkin spiced latte lovers) but I do love to chew things that taste like pumpkin like pumpkin pie, pumpkin loaf & now these pumpkin pancakes & drink regular flavored coffee with them. I jazzed up this recipe I found with some variations on the ingredients & the great tips I talked about here for making the fluffiest pancakes & the result was carb & flavor-tastic!

How are you celebrating with pumpkin this fall?

Better Home Cooking Basics: #41 For Super Fluffy Pancakes, Separate the Eggs & Beat the Whites.

This pancake tip is a breakfast/brunch game changer. (Amanda, listen up this one is for you.) I found it on Say Yes with four other great ways to make the fluffiest pancakes. Ever. Check the others out here.

The key take away from this tip is before you go gangbusters & add your eggs all in, take a minute to separate the yolks from the whites instead. Then in a small bowl with either an electric mixer or just some aggression & elbow grease whip those egg whites into shape until they form stiff white peaks. Then after you’ve mixed all your wet & dry ingredients together gently fold your beaten egg whites in right before you hit the griddle.  Et voila the best, fluffiest pancakes you’ll ever make. Thanks Say Yes for this amazing tip!

Now I all I want to do is remake all of these pancakes with this new tip!

Get more of my better home cooking basics here.